What did you do between 2000 and about 2008 when Steam and D2D really picked up, uh, steam? I have all my disks from that era, like Sup Com, Dawn of War, Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, Oblivion, etc.

I embraced Steam first, but there was also Stardock Impulse, which gave me Galactic Civilizations (and kept me occupied for a LOOONG time). Supreme Commander and Dawn of War also released on Impulse long before they did so on Steam. I used to love Direct 2 Drive, which is where I bought Oblivion and Fallout 3. Toss in GOG, through which I have accumulated over 350 games and I have been overloaded with digital gaming bliss. I have pretty much thrown my lot in with Steam since, so with the exception of a few outliers (like Starcraft 2 obtained via Bnet) I use them as my gaming platform almost exclusively.

I think I actually bought a retail CD of Guild Wars when it first released so I may have actually bought retail more recently than 2000, but that's the only exception I can think of.

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